Presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron agreed to organize a meeting of the working group on de-escalation in Donbass. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the Elysee Palace.

It is noted that the negotiations lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. After that, Macron also had a half-hour conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier, Secretary of State of the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon said that the country gives Russia another chance to follow the path of diplomacy towards Ukraine. He announced this on the radio station Radio J. He added that France does not plan to send its military to Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Negotiations began at 11.00 Paris time (13.00 Moscow time).

As French media reported earlier, the French leader intends to discuss the situation around Ukraine with the Russian president.

Putin and Macron last spoke by phone on February 12. On February 7, the leaders of France and Russia met face-to-face in the Kremlin, their negotiations lasted more than six hours.

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